Project Manager

Posting Title

Project Manager

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Location

CO – Boulder

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Position Type

Regular

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Hours Per Week

40

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Job Description

NREL’s National Wind Technology Center has an opening for a full-time Project Manager. The primary responsibility of this role is to provide project management and controls support to research staff. The emphasis of this role is on project administration including planning, coordination, tracking, and reporting. The project manager will work under the supervision and guidance of project leaders and senior staff to support execution of project objectives and deadlines, while assisting to keep project deliverables on time and within budget. The team will rely on the successful candidate to provide detailed analysis and periodic reports on project status. The successful candidate will also work with program leadership and management to balance staff and technical resources across projects.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Project planning, scheduling and tracking, budgeting, document control, change control and regular reporting and analysis. Subcontracts administration including accruals, approving invoices and tracking deliverables. Scheduling of project meetings and task coordination to keep milestones and deliverables on track. Reporting to leadership and management regarding staff and technical resource availability and utilization.

Expected Job Duties

• Supporting (multiple) project teams with project management activities: creating schedules, inputting planning data in to relevant NREL planning and financial tools, extracting data from relevant financial tools, monitoring progress against deliverables, tracking costs against plans
• Completing regular assessments of project progress and finances and updating of plans when indicated with leadership and management input
• Contributing to and preparing reports, presentations, and group communications to internal stakeholders and leadership
• Supporting the development and submittal of proposals and work plans by coordinating with PIs, developing templates and draft materials, compiling required documentation, uploading and submitting into designated systems.
• Managing and coordinating subcontracting and procurement procedures

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Basic Qualifications

Bachelor of Science Degree or related field.

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Additional Required Qualifications

• Basic understanding and ability to apply project management principles, concepts, practices and standards.
• Proficiency and experience using Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) as well as other computer software programs needed to effectively track and manage a project
• Ability to understand and navigate financial planning and tracking systems including NREL specific applications (e.g., EPP, NQuIRE, iProcurement) in order to gather and interpret project controls relevant data
• Ability to prepare professional communications that are appropriate for internal stakeholders and leadership
• Excellent interpersonal, conflict resolution, teaming, and collaboration skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent prioritization and ability to manage multiple assignments
• Strong problem-solving, time management, and self-organization skills
• Demonstrated attention to detail, especially as it applies to project performance, tracking and reporting

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain trusting relationships with team members and project leaders
• Desire to continually develop project management skills, including learning how to use and apply new project management tools or using existing tools to meet project management needs
• Strong interest in learning about technical and institutional aspects of projects
• Proficiency and experience administering project sites, on platforms such as Microsoft SharePoint.
• Thrives in a fast paced, innovative environment
• Initiates projects, works unsupervised, completes tasks independently, solves roadblocks, and does whatever it takes to drive results
• Experience with national laboratory or governmental structures and processes

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Submission Guidelines

Please note that in order to be considered an applicant for any position at NREL you must submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified. Applications are not kept on file for future positions. Please include a cover letter and resume with each position application.

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